Bug 2528985 (CVE-2026-86137)

Summary: CVE-2026-86137 libxml2: libxml2: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read in xmlFAParsePosCharGroup
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, gbenhaim, gtanzill, jbuscemi, jdelft, jupierce, kaycoth, kshier, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, niyer, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, stcannon, suppawar, teagle, twaugh, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers, yguenane
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A flaw was found in libxml2. This out-of-bounds read vulnerability, specifically within the `xmlFAParsePosCharGroup` function, could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service. By processing specially crafted XML input, the affected component may attempt to read data beyond its allocated memory buffer, leading to application instability or crashes.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-05 04:31:20 UTC
In libxml2 before 2.15.4, xmlFAParsePosCharGroup has an out-of-bounds read, aka an out-of-bounds read in the NXT macro in xmlregexp.